So yes - I have been studying tonight and between each page I have been trying to catch up on some of YOUR blogs. I have missed you all :*)
Anyway, Day 27 seems easy enough so here goes:
@ Thanksgiving 2010 in Texas (I grew up in Kansas but my parents moved to Texas when I was in college) - we all took the "awkward" family photos. I enjoyed it though - this is my mom and dad and 2 little sisters :)
My "family" out here in Arizona. The boyfriend and the pup. This was taken in November on Day 3 of the "Breast Cancer 3 Day" 60 mile walk. The two of them came out to a "cheering station" to cheer me on and I got to give Jasper his 3 day t-shirt (he hates it haha...I don't blame him...naked is always best!)
Anyway, I have worked 60 hours so far this week and am going in tomorrow as well for at least 6 hours. :S I have not studied sufficiently for the section of the CPA exam I take NEXT SUNDAY so that sucks...but I will try to make up for it by last minute cramming (what I did and perfected in college). We will see...i'm not feeling very optimistic about it but I also can't push it back. Another 200ish down the drain *sigh*
Anyway, I try to read your posts throughout the day - I just don't comment on them all. Just wanted you all to know. Little Silk Dress - I know you gave me an award. I will try to get to that ASAP. Thank you for passing it along...just a busy time for me right now :)
I just wanted to make an announcement that I will be MIA from my blog for at least the rest of this week if not the whole month. Work/life balance as an auditor during "busy season" (which goes through April) is hard to come by and I miss each of you dearly.
With that said - please leave me comments about your life and anything "happy" to keep my spirits up as I sit in a dark/damp audit room while the amazing weather of Arizona passes me by outside.
Side note: Yes - I am sad about KU losing to K-State last night...but the last time that happened, we won the championship. Just saying ;) Rock Chalk!
But in a short half hour or so (give or take), I will officially be in my "late 20's" and I don't know how I feel about that. I feel I'm starting to lose that spark. I felt so in tune during my teenage years. Then I hit 20's and started making decisions that were not so much in line with who i THOUGHT I was. I walked different "lines" and while they didn't make me happy all of the time - they sure didn't make me too crazy I suppose.
In my early 20's, I changed a lot. Into a person I hardly knew. I tested my beliefs. I tested my relationships. I tested my status (in a way). I 'grew up' more in those five years than I did the whole first two decades of my life! Who I grew up to be was no where near the person I had planned to be. Did that happen to others?
What does the "late" 20's have in store for me?
I think all in all - I turned out to be a fairly decent person :-) I thank my family and friends and all of my "blog friends" for being here for me. You all make me who I am today. I may not be the most interesting person - but I do feel loved and incomprehensibly blessed by all that I have in my life! I could not ask for more.
Today I was supposed to write about how I think others view me. (Day 26: How do you think others view you?) Well, I don't know if that is at ALL possible to write about. Better just stick with what I know. How I HOPE others view me.
I hope others view me as:
Caring
Loving
Open
Selfless
Smart
I hope others see that I try. I try to live and do as much as I can for everyone around me - it sometimes doesn't work out - but I try.
I hope others feel that I am here for them. It doesn't matter what time day or not - I will work it out so I can listen to them. I hope they realize I don't have all of the answers (in fact I hardly have any answers), but I wish will all of my body and soul that I did so I could help them.
I suppose that's it. I know there is a lot more I hope people see in me, but I'll just leave it at this. It is now OFFICIALLY my birthday in Arizona. Goodnight good friends.
OH YES - and I had to share this with you all. Rock Chalk!
My sister started a blog - and she is much more creative and way more articulate than myself. SO, if you are bored and looking for another blog to follow - check her out. She doesn't post insane amounts so I'm sure you'll be fine!
So obviously I have been MIA for a few days. Work is finally starting to get to me and I have no "me" time to speak of. Thank you all for bearing with me and no one for bringing it up. Either you were being very understanding - or you could care less and didn't even realize I was gone. ;-)
I am a few days behind on my "30 straight days of randomocity" so obviously - I'm not doing too good on the "straight days" part of things. Who wants to be straight anyway ;)
Oh no - not I. I don't want to be straight if straight means I don't get this...
ANYWAY - now that you all are freaked out.
We all have bucket lists. I haven't much thought of things I absolutely-must-do-or-my-life-wasn't-worth-it list, but there are obvious things that I want to do and see and have and be. Narrow it down to TEN? Hmmm - I will try. Just read the disclaimer first though: This list is not all inclusive and is in no way in any sort of order by importance. I want to do them all PLUS much more.
Here we go.
Sky dive
Pay for someone else's college education - just because.
Pay off ALL debt and live completely debt free from then on.
Swim with dolphins (they are cute little fellas!)
Pass the CPA exam
Go to Cedar Point and ride all of the roller coasters
See a Broadway show
Visit Australia and New Zealand
Drink beer at the REAL Oktoberfest
Visit all of the seven NEW wonders of the world
Ok - that seems to be a decent list :) Have you all heard of 43things.com? I kinda like the site. www.43things.com/person/fallingfaceup
Anyway - goodnight. I'll catch up more tomorrow hopefully.
Well now - the last "random act of kindness" I saw happened at the dog park the other night. I was standing there enjoying my pup at play when I looked over and saw some guy randomly picking up the poo that other owners didn't bother to pick up.
Ok - you can't truly appreciate this unless you are a dog owner who goes to the dog park a lot - but if you are in this "club" ...you know what I'm talking about! What a great guy.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. -- Mother Teresa
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence. --Eric Fromm
My one wish for my life is that those around me feel loved and cared for - if I don't accomplish this, I will feel as though I have failed my brothers and sisters who walk next to me in this life. Sure - I get a bit testy on certain days (I am human)...but I hope that never changes the way people feel I think about them. I truly do think us humans should live to love each other and exist together peacefully - working towards a Zion on Earth :-) What an amazing concept.
Anyway - just had that thought and wanted to share.
